Before they were stars of the television, film, and music industries, a host of performers got their start on the Main Stem.
Check out these 11 artists and look back at their Broadway debuts.
Nick Jonas
Annie Get Your Gun
Jackée Harry
Melinda Bernard/Smoke and Fire Back Up Singer/Ensemble in A Broadway Musical
Sarah Jessica Parker
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Flora in The Innocents
Ariana Grande
13 Playbill - Opening Night
Viola Davis
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Seven Guitars Playbill - Opening Night
Kristen Bell
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Playbill - Preview, March 2001
Anna Kendrick
High Society Playbill - Opening Night
Morgan Freeman
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Hello, Dolly! Playbill - Nov 1964
Meryl Streep
Miss Imogen Parrott in Trelawny of the "Wells"
Diane Keaton
Member of the Tribe in Hair
John Travolta
Grease Playbill - July 1972